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Shopping centre evacuated due to flooding as Met Office issues weekend weather warnings

The Environment Agency has 39 flood warnings in place, stretching from northeast to southwest England

The Independent UK

Fishing communities ‘suffering from impact of growing seal colonies’, says MP

Sally-Ann Hart, Tory MP for Hastings and Rye, was speaking during environment questions in the House of Commons.

The Independent UK

Seymour finds common ground in Hawkes Bay

If there’s one politician who can move seamlessly from an upmarket women’s clothing store to a dimly-lit bar with a dozen televisions blasting the horse racing, to a famers market, it’s David Seymour. Emma Hatton reports on his 24 hours in Hastings.

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Tory donor’s Hastings ‘fun factory’ closes abruptly after £150,000 grant

Lubov Chernukhin’s amusement centre, which received money from levelling up fund, shuts doors after less than a year

The Guardian - UK

Man jailed for ‘opportunistic’ rape of woman on Hastings beach

Matthew Taylor was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court after a trial, Sussex Police said.

The Independent UK

Seals, hot tubs, overpriced beer: how I holidayed in Iceland – without leaving Hastings

Can you get a taste of the land of fire and ice without leaving the English seaside? I put on my horned helmet to find out

The Guardian - UK

Leaving London: ‘Hastings has plenty to love, but I miss easy access to gefilte fish balls’

Swapping the capital for Hastings, I imagined a life of wholesome beach pursuits — who knew I’d miss gefilte fish balls so much?

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DIY disaster dad forced to fork out £4,500 after trying to fix ceiling himself

Tom Saunders, who lives in Hastings, East Sussex, thought it would be much cheaper to do the roofing work himself but now says he has "definitely learnt my lesson"

Daily Mirror

£150,000 levelling up grant awarded to Tory donor’s amusement centre in Hastings

Owens centre, co-founded by Lubov Chernukhin, raises questions about whether public money has gone to projects most in need of it

The Guardian - UK

Famous town's cheeky sign highlights the dire state of the UK's pothole roads

Hastings is most famous for the historic battle that took place there almost a millennia ago, but a new sign is letting the town lay claim to a less sought after title

Daily Mirror

Library book returned 48 years late during amnesty to avoid £4,000 fine

The copy of Havelok the Warrior by Ian Serraillier was taken out in Hastings, East Sussex in 1975 - by now it would have racked up £4,000 in overdue fines

Daily Mirror

Naturist arrested by off-duty cop because he was naked but didn't commit a crime

Richard Collins, who is the founder of the Naturists UK group, was minding his own business on a bench in Hastings when the off-duty Metropolitan Police officer ordered him to get dressed and called 999

Daily Mirror

New York earthquake: 2.2 magnitude shake strikes city as 'loud rumble' is heard

According to the United States Geological Survey, the 2.2-magnitude earthquake struck around a mile southwest of Hastings-on-Hudson just north of New York City

Daily Mirror

'Shameless' man, 69, demanding cash passes 'I'm not f***ing about' note to bank worker

Alan Slattery, 69, from Hastings, has been jailed after going into three banks demanding money in a note passed under the counter and warning that he is "not f***ing about"

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Mystery spate of people being hit with tomatoes and apples thrown from cars

Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses and any further people who have been struck by the fruit or any other objects

Daily Mirror

Police hunt for serial tomato thrower after seven people hit in drive-by fruit attacks

The bizarre attacks have left residents across Eastbourne and Hastings terrified that they may be struck at any moment, with cops believing that the chuckings are all related

The Independent UK

Police hunt fruit-throwing assailant

Victims in Eastbourne and Hastings have been hit by tomatoes and an apple, officers said.

The Guardian - UK

Memphis by the sea: reinventing a Hastings home

Behind the traditional Georgian facade of a house on the south coast is a home dedicated to postmodern design

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Daily Mirror

Eagle-eyed Tesco shopper spots awkward spelling mistake on welcome sign

The teacher claims they were left feeling nauseous after spotting the mistake on the supermarket's welcome sign, as they'd inadvertently renamed the town by moving the apostrophe

The Conversation

First the floods, then the diseases -- why NZ should brace for outbreaks of spillover infections from animals

When Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand in February, it left a trail of destruction across the North Island. At least 11 people died, and more than 10,000 were displaced. Bridges were washed out (35 in the Hastings district alone), roads closed and communications cut.

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Survival, resilience and losing everything in Hawkes Bay

Hawkes Bay residents suffered incomprehensible destruction and with almost no information, locals are having to depend on word of mouth and rumours

Daily Mirror

Hastings fire: Huge blaze at ex-nightclub as neighbours told shut windows and stay away

A massive fire has ripped through a former nightclub on George Street, in Hastings, with local residents told to keep their windows and doors closed, and avoid the sea front area

Daily Mirror

'Psychopath' builder jailed for 49 years after killing escorts and incinerating bodies

Perverted double murderer Mark Brown killed Leah Ware and Alexandra Morgan in 2021 and torched their bodies in an oil drum at a farm near Hastings, Sussex, as the family speak of their trauma

ABC News

Victorian election results declared in Hastings and Mornington as new Labor ministers revealed

Just three seats remain in doubt in Victoria as the Labor Party reveals its new ministers in the wake of the weekend's election victory.

ABC News

Victorian election count ongoing as results still being finalised in Pakenham, Northcote, Preston, Hastings, Mornington and Bass

The number of votes separating some candidates can be tallied on one hand as election counting continues in six lower house seats.

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